Sugar Snap Pea Salad
Serves 2 -4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
Dressing
2 Tbsp Meyer lemon juice
2 Tbsp California olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced or grated
1 ½ tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp honey
2 Tbsp finely chopped shallot
1/2 tsp Kosher salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
Salad
10 ounces thinly sliced sugar snap peas, ends trimmed, sliced at a diagonal
1/4 cup roughly chopped roasted salted pistachios
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Directions
In a small mixing bowl, combine the lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, mustard, honey, shallot. salt, and pepper. Whisk to emulsify.
In a large serving bowl, add the snap peas, basil, and pistachios add dressing and toss to combine and coat with the dressing.
Garnish with pistachios and cilantro
Serve right away. Best when fresh, the dressing will soften the sugar snap peas over time
Make it your own
Substitute you favorite nuts
Substitute fresh basil for the cilantro
Add 1/8 -1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Don’t have Meyer lemons, use equal parts fresh lemon juice and orange juice or tangerine juice
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